#38BFB9#38BFB9

#38BFB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.113 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BFB9
RGB	rgb(56, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -36.59, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 37.34, 191.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.111 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.113 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0146, 41.6017, 52.3903)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BFB9 #BF383E

analogous

#38BF75 #38BFB9 #3881BF

triadic

#38BFB9 #B938BF #BFB938

tetradic

#38BFB9 #7538BF #BF383E #81BF38

square

#38BFB9 #7538BF #BF383E #81BF38

split-complementary

#38BFB9 #BF3881 #BF7538

monochromatic

#1C605D #2A908B #38BFB9 #63D1CC #92DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#38BFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#38BFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BFB9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BFB9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.113 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d3ce',
    500: '#38bfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bfb9;
$custom-light: #83d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BFB9

secondary

#CA898C

accent

#4A50DE

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BFB9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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